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LAGOS – A new report has revealed that six National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP) thermal power plants and scores of power substations have put paid to the nation’s power grid currently at about 7,600MW energy delivery capacity.
The NIPP project report from 2015 to 2021, also said Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), a key intervention agency in the power sector, contributed over 3,400 megawatts (MW) to the national grid and has delivered 22 substations since 2015.
It said that the NIPP programme is currently in its second phase that traverses transmission projects, distribution and renewable energy.
In the first phase, NDPHC which is owned by the three tiers of government kick started the first phase of NIPP with the construction of 10 gas-fired power plants, especially in the Niger Delta.
He urged electricity consumers not to panic at the price review in July, saying it is a minor review that is aimed at bridging the gap in the cost of electricity purchased by the distribution companies from the Generation companies.
According to the statement, at various levels of policy discourse in the power sector reforms, the ministers of power, Engr. Mamman Sale and Mr Jedy-Agba had urged electricity consumers to be calm, saying no responsible government will deliberately exploit citizens, especially in the provision of social amenities like electrification and other relevant infrastructure. President Muhammadu Buhari had in September 2020 approved a minor review of the price of electricity, while the National Assembly in its resolution deferred the price review to the first quarter of 2021.
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Mon May 24 2021
The Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA) has warned the Distribution Companies (DisCos) to stop using 33 kilovolts (kV) lines to connect consumers, saying it will soon enforce the policy prohibiting the act.
The Managing Director of NEMSA, Engr Peter Ewesor, made this known during a two-day maiden management retreat for staff of the agency in Kano at the weekend.
Engr Ewesor said the policy reiterated that the 33KV line, which is called a sub-transmission line, “is supposed to carry power from a transmission station to an injection substation where the power voltage is now broken down to 11. Then the 11kv lines will now carry power to 11kv to 415 transformers that feed our houses.”